Wheel Refurb - Colour Advice?

[H18Golf]

Hi all,

Now that the weather is better and I actually have the funds, I am looking to get my wheels refurbished.

I will be getting these powder coated as I cant be bothered with white worm returning if I was to get the wheels re-cut, also, I don't have the cash for this.

My question is, can any other members give any suggestions for something that would look decent and get close to a colour of a diamond cut wheel?  I know it will not look the same but just want something that looks decent.

I have a grey GTi so don't fancy having the wheels done black or a colour almost the same as the bodywork.

Any help is greatly appreciated, paint codes if possible.   

[Beej]

I had mine painted,  why happy with the result

[H18Golf]

Thanks for the reply Beej, you got any photos of the wheels on the car?  Also, do you know the paint code or name?

[Beej]

I need to take some in decent light to get full effect.

I had them done by a friend, both the silver and black were a mixture of different paints, so don't have paint codes to go by unfortunately. However, Mercedes-Benz iridium silver paint code 775 and Mercedes-Benz obsidian black paint code 197 would be my preference!!

[H18Golf]

Those look superb Beej, will need to look into this further.  Thanks.   

[Beej]

Cheers!

Yeah, I am very pleased with them, I will get some better pictures in the sunlight at some point. There is a sparkle in both the silver and black, hence why both those paint codes I gave you would be closest to go by as the black isn't just plain

[bad devotions]

i would love to get mine done. The diamond cut does look mint and i'd be worried that they'd look dull once painted but yours look really nice.

[Pesky jones]

Yours just painted Beej?

[Beej]

Yours just painted Beej?

Yeah mate, just painted

[Pesky jones]

They look so good, they look diamond cut. So powder coated? I know you said yours was a mix of colours - but the paint codes you gave - would they give a similar result to this? And how much if you don't mind me asking.

[slix]

Can't go wrong with anthracite grey colour. Have a look on Google images. 

[Pesky jones]

I don't know - especially as my car is steel grey. Think they look much better when they are diamond cut/ look like diamond cut.

[Beej]

They look so good, they look diamond cut. So powder coated? I know you said yours was a mix of colours - but the paint codes you gave - would they give a similar result to this? And how much if you don't mind me asking.

Not powder coated, painted. I suggested the two colours to my painter as they are personal preferences, as that silver is probably the brightest vehicle silver I could find and the black has a sparkle through it also. He used these plus added some other mixtures to them. I have tried to put a picture of the two together Mercedes colours, but for some reason, I can't get photo bucket to work on my phone. I will sort this tonight when I'm home, but at a guess, yes, I would imagine using both the codes I gave would give very similar results.

As to price, well, it was done by a friend, a friend who hasn't taken money off me yet as he hasn't quite decided how much to charge me!

[Beej]

I am not a fan of grey or black wheels, so I had actually initially asked my friend just to paint them all the one colour, then I mentioned to him about doing the inserts black, but he wasn't really up for doing it due to slight thickness differences at the edges of the inserts, but when I gave him the wheels I was under the impression he was doing them all the one colour as we had agreed on that, and then he sent me a picture with them finished with black inserts!

[white91]

Mine are diamond cut and I love them, if not I'd go shadow chrome


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